THE NEXT MEETING OF THE POLIO SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP OF WNY WILL BE HELD AT ST. LUKES LUTHERAN CHURCH, 900 MARYVALE DR. AT UNION ROAD ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2001 AT 7:15 PM.
Hello,
Those present at the September 19th meeting were: Don O’Connor, Jim Leitten, Henry Maciejewski, Pat Doeing, Bud and Susie Foster, Linda Lyons, Robert and Joan Langendorfer, and Aelene Doss.
Our agenda included going over our mailing list of 323 people. We have been sending the newsletter to all of these people for a very long time, and as mentioned in previous newsletters we had to cut back due to increased costs of duplicating, postage and mailings. Hopefully, we haven’t eliminated people that have paid dues for 2001, so they will continue receiving the newsletter every three months. Don asked how checking of the mailing list was proceeding and Pat was the only one to have something to report and will give this report at the December meeting. Hopefully, those attending the June meeting will be at the December meeting and share their findings also. Please contact Susan if you have any new updates to report. Remember, you can also get the current and back newsletters on the web at: http://handicap.bfn.org/(disabilitiesforum) or go direct to: handicap.bfn.org/public/polio.html(Post-Polio Newsletters). Don asked if anyone had anything they wanted to share with the group and Susie and Bud retold of their trip to Lancaster, PA to see the play Noah and said it was terrific. Don read a memo acknowledging and thanking him for reviewing Dr. Julie Silver’s book, “Post-Polio Syndrome” A Guide for Patients and Their Families, published May 22, 2001 by Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, $27.50. She is interested in speaking with our group and/or other groups in the local area that would be interested in attending, such as the Jamestown support group. If anyone is interested, please contact Don or Susan.
Our guest speaker for the night was Douglas Frank, Executive Director, Central Referral Services Inc. (CRS). He is located in City Hall, downtown Buffalo, and has been Executive Director since 1988. University at Buffalo did a study on Human Services agencies and the Junior League said there was a need to have one referral place to assist in our area. The CRS created a database of all government and non-profit organizations and programs in the seven counties of WNY and started a Youth line. Updated once a year, the CRS adds information on services, fees, eligibility requirements, and addresses, telephone and fax numbers and more. It has over 1,000 organizations, offering 12,000 services listed collectively in three databases. The telephone line services 30,000 to 40,000 people per year. They sell the directory of databases. Verizon gave the CRS a foundation grant to link up to the Internet: www.wnyservices.org. Also, the entire database is available through the public library. Doug brought a lap top computer to demonstrate accessing their services. The database program is called Iris from Benchmark, out of Florida. Doug also brought pamphlets for locating services for people with developmental disabilities called DD Info Link – www.ddinfolink.org.
I would like to say thank you to Pat Doeing for taking the minutes of the above meeting. I stopped in, but could not stay, as I had to be somewhere else at the same time.
We will have a little holiday celebration on 12/19. Please bring something to share, and coffee and soft drinks will be provided. Hope to see everyone.
Someone came to the old meeting place, even though we have been at St. Luke’s for over a year, so I would like to place emphasis on the meeting address which is: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 900 Maryvale Dr. at Union Road, Cheektowaga NY.
I would also like to remind you that Clarice (Susie) Foster is the new treasurer and you may send your dues for next year-2002 to Susie. Her address is: 74 Marilyn Dr., Cheektowaga, NY 14225.
On the lighter side
A Granola recipe:
2 cups – Fiber One (the cereal makes it crunchy)
2 cups – corn bran cereal (like Corn Chex)]
2 cups – old-fashioned original oatmeal
1 cup – toasted wheat germ
½ cup – applesauce
2 tablespoons – cinnamon/sugar.
Mix everything together with the applesauce. Spread out in a thin layer on a baking sheet. Toast this mixture for 30-45 minutes at 350 degrees. Stir once or twice while baking.
Put in some chopped fruits if desired. This will make 8 cups of granola, or about 16 servings.
Each serving has approximately 100 calories, 1 gram of fat, 18 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber.
Mix with light yogurt – one plain yogurt and one regular yogurt (this cuts the sugar by 50% without aspartame.) Or use just sugar-free, light yogurt if you tolerate aspartame.
Keeping sight of color:
Color pigments – the things that make things red and green and orange – are associated with different vitamin groups. For example, oranges are associated with vitamin A and beta-carotene. We know that the human body uses carotene products to fight disease, so you want to maximize those bright, bright color foods.
Examples of where more color indicates healthier fruits and vegetables
More color (healthier) Less color
Red grapefruit white grapefruit
Purple or red grapes white grapes
Red cabbage white cabbage
Red lettuce iceberg lettuce
Broccoflower cauliflower
If anyone has anything -- news, information, etc. that they would like to be put into the next newsletter, please contact me by e-mail. NOTE CHANGE. scalvaneso@hotmail.com, and I would be happy to insert it. Please expect the next newsletter somewhere around the beginning of March 2002.
Susan M. Calvaneso
Recording Secretary
December 6, 2001